AHSS*1130 Lecture Notes - Bisexuality, Heterosexism, Asexuality
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Essentialist: our sexuality is rooted in our biology, all about nature and biology, everything is explained by reference to your biology, normal: monogamous, married, deviant: premarital, extramarital, same gender, recreational sex that isn"t about procreation (not acceptable, dangerous to assume that everything is created about biology. Homophobia: the fear/hatred of homosexuals, sexual prejudice, heterosexism: the guy from my big fat greek wedding but talking about being straight, sexual stigma: ignorance, contact: if you don"t know gay/lesbian people, there"s more of a chance of you being homophobic, gay men are more disliked than lesbian women, usually by straight men, people think gay men have the female role so they aren"t as manly as them, sexual confusion^ Issues that lgbt families face: prejudice, especially in schools (not allowed anymore, bullying, homophobia and harassment in schools, legal system, biology based, law doesn"t make room for it so there"s a lot of discrimination that goes on.
